STEREOPHILE'S MICHAEL FREMER: MY GREATEST SOUNDING RECORDS, Pt. I
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- John Renbourn “Sir John A Lot Of”
Talk Talk “Spirit of Eden”
Louis Armstrong “Satchmo Plays King Oliver”
The Rolling Stones “Sticky Fingers”
John Lewis and Sasha Distel “Afternoon in Paris” (SAM)
XTC “English Settlement”
Peter Townshend and Ronnie Lane “Rough Mix”
The Who “A Quick One”
Traffic “Mr. Fantasy” (British)
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Michael seems to be the only person that can hear how superior vinyl is to any type of digital. Perhaps because of his table. I went to Kuzma and it completely transformed my experience with vinyl. I threw my cds away last month. I use a 200.00 streamer to discover new music
Thx for reminding me. I had the XTC album since it was released. I recently bought a turntable after 30 yrs and was looking for great sounding albums. It is a great sounding record for sure.
Hes truly one of my favourite people in the world. Thank you for this.
Great video again Ken! Always a pleasure to listen to Michael! Funny that I listened to XTC - English Settlement (original) yesterday evening (and posted it on JVL FFF --> some people still don't understand the FFF part...). I had the same experience, didn't listen to it for a few years, since upgrading my setup and it sounded spectacular! Hoping for a Who's Next and a great shoutout to SAM records. 'Nathan Davis live in Paris' is a contender for best jazz reissue of the year for me! Thanks again for the video.
Thanks for posting XTC Martin
His love of music is contagious. He is passionate about Vinyl Records.
I Love Mikey's filing system. Just shove it in any shelf. If you don't love Michael there is something wrong with you.
Plenty people with Crosley Cruizer recordplayers who don't like him! 😜😂
I love this guy. He just puts a smile on your face. NEVER stop doing the accents, Michael. The English one at the end just cracked me up (I'm from London) :)
wow, I have most these albums. Good to know.
17:40 "I'm offending so many people I love it" LMAO.
Some people might need to get offended 🤣
45 push up Michael !! Wow , that's amazing , well done, that is really impressive. Full credit , many are pushing up Big Macs and sodas . Anthony
Thanks for the Rough Mix love. I know how great it is!
two fifty Dolla like doing accent too love it.
Great video!!!! Some of the best sounding records are on the Phase 4 Stereo Label!!! They sound incredible
Must be very easy to conduct an interview with Michael, because he basically interviews himself, keeps on going.
Good content!
Lol yes, for better or for worse.
@@bjrnsjohnsen1278 For better when you're a visitor at Michael... but having to live with someone like him is annoying, that endless stream of words... he'll talk your head off lol
@@QoraxAudio Do you really think I'm like that when the camera is off? I'm not.
@@AnalogPlanet Haha no, I just let the imagination do its work 😜
@@QoraxAudio ....you can't actually believe he's like that when the lights are off? Come on. He is an entertainer as well as an educator. It's part of his cocktail. Let's be honest, you'd order that drink at the bar...everytime.
Great interview! Love listening to Mr. Fremer talk about turntables, records and music, he seem to have so much energy when discussing the topics.
Great video - Michael has the same hair stylist like "The jazz shepherd" no one;-)
I think it may have been in the early sixties that I bought probably about eight/ ten what was called at that time direct cut records. I played them on my transcriptors hydraulic deck, through my tannoys 15” monitor gold speakers. The sound was fantastic, it’s a pity I’ve not played them for over twenty years.
Play your records!1 day you won:t be around to.
@@nigelstansfield1644 thanks I still have the equipment, I will have to get it sorted, that’s what I call a record collection
He’s always so much fun. Such great anecdotes. Really enjoyed the video Ken. A couple of points I noticed:
He didn’t pick any jazz as best sounding in his collection
The only record I have that he showed is Traffic, Mr. Fantasy
.....also,....I may have seen Bread in the 70s.....
Louis Armstrong is not jazz?
I love bread!
Slow dancing to Bread chest to chest is etched in my memory in 1976 at the end of 8th grade. My wife and I recently heard “Everything I Own” on the radio and it left us speechless. David Gates explains the song is about his dad and sings it on a TH-cam video that’s worth seeing.
Great! looking forward to the next two parts. Michael looks great. I’m interested in his diet and fitness regime.
Pilates. The greatest. I did it using the Stott reformer machine in the gym but since Covid the teacher sent two mat Pilates videos that I do every other day....+ push ups. Life changer!
Love XTC. English Settlement is a masterpiece.
Rough Mix by Townshend and Lane is indeed an almost forgotten masterpiece. Get your near mint 1978 copy whilst stocks last!
Yep, I had a copy but my housemate stole it.
The editing is insane.....I started checking my modem!
Talk Talk Spirit Of Eden was reissued in 2012 and promoted as being cut directly from the analog master tape, I can't remember the details from back then but I would assume it is a true analog reissue cut from the master tape, and it is good quality. The the original recording process itself, however, was not 100% analog, it seems like some elements were recorded or/and mixed digitally, then all put into final analog tape for mastering.
I owned a few of the carts he has. Hes got it down.
Fantastic vid. Thanks, Ken and Michael. Looking forward to pt.2.
Btw, I love Michael’s impersonations! They’re hysterical.
Mikey is the only funny audiophile around which is really sayin' something. Self-mockery is also one of his endearing qualities.
fingers crossed that the Who‘s Next classic records 45rpm version will be done by Chad ... and thanks for this great video Ken!
Love the way he talked about English Settlement by XTC. Great record. Luckily I have two copies of the original 2 record sets as well. Just like Mikey!!!!!!!!!!!!
I love listening to Micheal. I have learned so much and his enthusiasm is contagious. My record collection has really expanded; I’ve got some great music in my library I would have never heard of, if not for Michael. So thank you for that. Nothing better than vinyl music!
Great stuff! I'm not going to get into my politics about our hmm, hmm "situation"😉! Just enjoy music and sound talk!
i get that some people aren't into sleeves to protect the jackets, and those cloudy polyethylene soft sleeves make everything look bad. But the sleevecity "ultimate 5.0" sleeve is great, clear, and it's easy to handle, and sturdy enough to just drop records in, and slide off when you want to play the record.
You've offended me twice..first lam japanese american (don't speak japanese) second i do'nt like getting up every ten minutes...Just kidding!! Love your knowledge of all these great records! Thank you! Nice to hear your voice again Ken!
I like Michael Fremer
Very entertaining and knowledgeable as well
Peter Frampton - Winds of Change - Great album
Mark Hollis greatly missed, amazing talent
Best in the business
To each his own I guess, Michael’s certainly an ‘acquired taste’
Very cool interview! Loved it!
Great selection, no wonder there's heavy breathing throughout the video!
XTC english settlement I have passed up I didn't know what it was. I grew up in that era but was not exposed to XTC more Duran Duran , The Jam, ect.
Man, oh, man. I'm still mining this interview for nuggets of gold almost a year later, Ken! I'm listening to “Afternoon in Paris" for the first time, right now. Wikipedia says it was recorded in two days, during December 1956. I was six years old, then. In first grade, living in Waukegan, Illinois, Benny Goodman's home town. I'm listening to the album streaming, not on vinyl, but, even so. Gee. Beautiful music, beautifully recorded, taking me to a wonderful place. Thank you, sir, from the bottom of my heart. Press on!
Great stuff guys. One of Michael's best (& Ken's) due to Ken asking great audiophile related Qs. We don't have enough of these detailed vinyl reviews, I've often shared with MF. Nice to see the fitness 💪 efforts; I'm a gym rat.
Keep shsring the vinyl techniques, industry, insider stories & tips.
Being English, there is nothing quite like Fremer's turbulent invective in variable English accents to "tickle me pink". I wonder whether he has "Derek and Clive Live" in his collection (Peter Cook and Dudley Moore).
Need to know what your turntable was and what you changed it to, please ?
Just want to point out that the Sticky Fingers label shown in this video at 11:18 is NOT the same as the label shown on the german pressing that Michael Fremer shows us in this video:
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At 40:05 Michael displays the vinyl, and you can see the label does not match the one inserted into the above video.
Both German pressings, but one was pressed in 1971 with the TML etching, and the other in 1979 without TML.
The pressing Michael recommends is the 1971 TML pressing mastered by Doug Sax.
Coincidentally enough, I recently picked up a sealed copy of the 2016 RSD reissue of Jorma Kaukonen's first solo release Quah. I purchased it in 2020 for less than it retailed in 2016. The seller received even less than he or she paid. Moral of the story is listen to your records.
OUTSTANDING! Can’t wait for part 2 👏👏
Sending over good vibes to Chad... we need The Who’s Next classic records repress
I have an original UK Track press. Sounds spectacular 🤩
@@crazyprayingmantis5596 I have also that Track press. As You said - exellent.
Love the Brit accent, but try Manchester rather than London next time Michael. I can give you some tutalage… for a fee of course 🇬🇧
please tell me there's going to be 1270 parts to this series
Mike does not know which jazz artist is which,MIKEY you"re such an Audiophile, having to read the back cover of records to know who is playing, to many cartridge springs bounciing around in that head of yours Our ages are catching up,Can not remember a damn thing// Happy Collecting
I love accents.
Have you seen the video of the Chinese guy making fun of Americans? "Is this gluten free?" It's pretty spot-on.
Missed him reviewing records on you tube this year
Making fun of Asian accents was never funny no matter what era your from. It has nothing to do with PC but racism that denigrated a group of people. I’m not surprised coming from you.
I’m a huge record collector! Michael’s choices are exceptional ( I own almost all of them ) These are truly worth seeking out for both Sonics and more importantly the music!
You crack me up Mikey ! Preach on brother Fremer.
Haha the Last sticker part is funny!
The Jack Lalane overlay? You know what Jack said? "if it tastes good spit it out"
Yip vinyl is the best definitely the most musical, after listening to it for a while you can hardly listen to cd or streaming
@15:00 yes 45 should have been the defacto for Hi-Fidelity standards with Records - depends on what you put on it as well.. not always better - but he's correct about the fidelity 'should' be improved - remember when they had to get up every 5 minutes with a 78?? 😅
I would guess that it was Andy Partridge who had the "nervous breakdown" as apparently he has extreme stage fright. Hence minimal touring.
One of the best recordings ever is "Skol" 1982 Pablo Records.
Piano - Oscar Peterson, Bass- Niels Henning Örsted Pedersen (no relative) live Tivoli gardens in Copenhagen- Denmark.
Another great one is Count Basie at Newport 1957. Polygram Classics inc. Made in Japan -se 8301.
These two, both live, are in a different league. Well, then theres a couple of Verves and Vertigos!
The best is almost those which are made live. Always listen to the applauses. If these sounds real...thats it!
And of course vinyl and and a direct drive japanese player. Takes down everything!
Like the humor.....and the reviews......🍁
Never stop spinning vinyl my Dual 1229 working great for 50 years. Grace F-9 U Rudy cantilever mR diamond.
Grace F-9 fantastic!
Someones yawning...paaleeease!!, get out go to a motel dude......🍁
The Wisdom of the Ages...distilled into The Good Parts version at a 45rpm Fremerate so you learn it even faster.
I like the cut of this Kallman guy's jib. I need the schematics of this archive of his for reasons that have absolutely nothing to do with me foolishly trying to build one of my own ofcousenotthat'sjustsilly.
The boss of vinyl. :)
Thanks Ken for bringing Mr.Fremer back ....endlessly entertaining .... what about Jimmy Vinyl next ? ....must be getting cold out there !
Doug Sax.. >SHEFFIELD NUFF SAID
My original copy of The Wall got ruined because it was too tightly stored on a shelf and was in a protective sleeve. The protective sleeve stuck to the cover
Informative ..educational and entertaining...Michael Fremer is awesome. Loved watching..thank you.
"he's a wanker" That's a great British accent!
Most of my records were recorded in 1971 & before. In 1972 I thought the sound on all records were was more harsh, that the sound wasnt as good. I was suspicious that something solid state transistor digital was added, but 2 sound engineers swore I was wrong. You here all this talk that digital didnt start till the very late seventies. Michael Fremer from Stereophile confirmed I was right all along. Fremer JUST said this, so I googled it up what he said.
The Doors and The Elektra Records Sound Part 1. Also below when it is talking about DISCRETE recorders, it's talking about tiny tralnsistor Integrated integrated IC transistors that dont sound as good, for example early seventies Sony stereo amps with more expensive & complicated hand wired transistors sound better than today's IC amps, but still tubes recorders sound better. Guitarists today love guitar tube amps better.
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Apr 30, 2010 - When I came back to do some mixing in 1970 it was still the same, except that they changed the console to solid-state. The whole control room was all brick, and it had individual panels of acoustical tile to deaden it down. Basically it was a very live room. The console sat on a platform, which was about six or eight inches off the floor. The tape machine sat behind us; we had an old Ampex 200 three-track, which had separate record and playback electronics so that you could select separate record or playback curves. They had a thing back then called A.M.E., which was Ampex Master Equalization, and then they had N.A.B., so if you recorded A.M.E. and played it back N.A.B., it would come out brighter. It's like recording with Dolby and not decoding. We also had an Ampex 300, I believe, three-track, which I converted over to a four-track with sel-sync (the ability to perform overdubs).
BB: No, the room stayed the same from the day I walked in the door, which was about 1963 to 1968. When I came back to do some mixing in 1970 it was still the same, except that they changed the console to solid-state. But anyway, back to the console. Tutti used to go to England a lot, and he purchased a solid-state console over there. For the life of me, I can't remember the name of it. We all thought it was kind of cool. It had a lot of features that the tube console didn't have. It sounded different, you know? Tubes still sounded the best. Anyway, Jac Holzman purchased one as well, and we had it customized for our needs at Elektra Studios. So, that's how the console got there. BB: I still like mono to this day, because there aren't any distractions. It's like a black and white movie, where you can create incredible dimensions, depth-wise, and hide things. That's very hard to do in stereo. That's because we don't record in stereo: We record multi-track point-source discrete audio. The difference in the mix was when we would open it up to stereo, we would have to change things, because it didn't fall in the same place. Spatially, things would fall into other places. MG: It sounds to me as if the first Doors album had the best high-frequency extension, transient snap, and overall transparency, and that with each album sonically fine as they arethose qualities seemed to diminish. Would you agree or disagree?
BB: I'd agree with that to an extent, because the first album was all tube. Strange Days was done on a tube console, but with a solid-state eight-track. From then on it became all solid-state consoles and solid-state tape machines. There was also this direction that Paul wanted to take it, a more intellectual kind of a sound, not as raw as the first album. The sound started to become more scientific as it went along, a little more clinical, because studios, by and large, are hospitals, they're not places to record music. Technology is the evil person here.
MG: I guess that's not fighting technology, it's kind of going around it.
BB: Sound since the 1960s has gone backwards instead of forwards, in my estimation. In the recordings that I do today for motion pictures, I use tube microphones, tube microphone pre-amps, and I try to bypass the solid-state consoles as much as possible. It's more open, it's rounder, it has more depth. I can give you an example. If you take a room that has some reverberation not a chamber, just good clear liveness and you put an earphone in the middle of the room with a click going through it, so you hear the “tick, tick, tick.” Plug up a good microphone, maybe a (Neumann) U-67 or something like that, split the signal so it goes into a tube microphone pre-amp, and then the solid-state pre-amp, bring them both up on the console, and switch back and forth, and listen. With the tube, you'll hear all the reverberation in the room; the solid-state will close down. Ten times out of 10. So that's somewhat what you're hearing. Even the equalizers back then were tube; we had Pultech EQ-P1A's.
MG: What's your opinion of digital multi-track recorded sound, and your opinion of digital recording, period, compared to analog? Which do you prefer?
BB: I would venture to say that 95% of the music that I've recorded in the last eight years has been all digital. Digital does not basically sound better than analog, but what it does do, is that the sound doesn't change from what you're recording. With analog, you record it, and when you play it back, you will get a fair representation of what you heard on line-in. Play it back a half an hour later, and it will have changed, there are less highs. Play it a day later, and it will really have changed. The high end just changes, it's a natural process of the magnetism of the particles, and when you magnetize, record them, they change. The magnetic particles have a memory and want to go back to their original inert state. It's just the way it is. In digital, you record it, and it doesn't change. The problem with digital is the quality of the analog-to-digital and digital-to-analog converters. At this point in time, the A-to-D and D-to-A's are getting where you can record on it and it doesn't sound “digital” anymore. “Digital” meaning that it sounds cold. “Cold” meaning that digital doesn't show you all of the details, like the depth of the reverb and harmonic room tone. Because there's lack of detail, and especially lack of harmonics going way out, that sound would seem colder, and "digital." Right now, I'm recording 96 K, 24 bit, and whew! It's good! I mean, you're really, really hard pressed to tell it from the source.
Talk Talk were brilliant. Mark Hollis RIP.
ps are they a spare pair of Wilsons behind you ? Anthony
Clean his room? The room shows how much it's used, and how much the records are loved. They are part of his family. A pristine room is like a cemetery - dead and forgotten.
So glad to see you posting such great informative videos. It keeps us going.
I don't know why I enjoy more all this great people through your channel
ThxK 🔭
Oof, I learned the hard way that the 4MWB records sound awful. I sold my copy of their Maggot Brain because it sounded worse than my CD version. I recently picked up a Westbound repress and it sounds light years better than the 4MWB one. Eddie Hazel's guitar is 🔥 on the Westbound.
It also seems like a fairly recent trend to protect records with plastic sleeves. I also really hate the sticky tabs and have had a few of them get stuck to the record covers. Smh.
@20:20 - I don't use those plastic 'protective' sleeves either. I hate the feeling of the plastic and cumbersome - and they can act as a mini greenhouse depending on your local climate - trapping in ambient moisture.. albums will 'breath' and take in some moisture but it's harder for it to rectify with the plastic on. Among other issues we have found out about like chemical reactions. I only put a plastic sleeve on higher priced Items that get shipped out the door for the 'discerning' customer.
I have an interesting direct disc from Sheffield Labs featuring Thelma Houston, any comments on this?
"I got the Music In Me"....used to be super collectible but not so much now. However, still great sound and music...
Hey? You got a haircut! I dug the locks, but its good either way!
and you are letting the young vinyl people know how fun it was for us before Kent State. So you have any Abby Hoffman on vinyl?
Nice selections M. Is this list for real or what? Do you have any recordings of John Coltrane on the Sunset Strip? I know someone who might want to remember something . . .
Ken- the drum solo intro in the first Fremer video- playing on what looks like an old TD 124-- what is the album? TIA Bill Hart
Yes who was drumming in the intro of Michael Fremer video ?
I have that leo kotke. I didn't like it
I wasn't enamored of you at first, but your rapierlike NYC/Catskill wit and humour is truly fun. You can't
'hang with J Lennon (who could) or Don Tickles but I know you "Just can't get no respect!". You are at your very best when you are being YOU!....in your kind way.
The first Bread record is great
Oh my G... The Who's next !
Awesome video Ken! Thanks for doing this one with all the editing.
Thanks, Paul
Amazing Amazing Pressings. Thank you Vinyl God Mr. Fremer!!!
Picked up a German Sticky Fingers with T.M.L. In Berlin - that said the British 1971 one I have is also T.M.L. 👍
Loud little man !
Haha that old fro' pic
I like records...a lot...and he makes me like em' even more!
Micheal I just admire your humour and please don’t let stereotypes get you down. This lunch pale guy loves your audio no
I will always use Michael's videos as a part reference when looking for records. Thanks for posting. But... Michael, I get it with the accents; I used to hate it but now it's starting to get funny.
@ 12:04 However, it's "dissTELL", not "DISStell". Love you. Call me.
I love Michael Fremer, anyone who has a problem with this guy is out of their mind
If you hate resealable outer sleeves Vinyl Storage Solutions makes a tuckable record sleeve. They also make them with double pockets so that you can place your record outside the record in a second pocket for easy access. They also make a resealable with a second pocket. I like to use the resealables with the second pocket, buy a plain white record jacket, place the record into the plain jacket and then put that behind the original jacket in the second sleeve. Both Sleeve City and Vinyl Storage Solutions make their sleeves out or polypropylene making them crystal clear. VSS also makes a clear inner sleeve which is great for those who love pictured vinyl, or for those like me that like to see the label.
Good to know. I hate having to get the record back into its place while trying to keep the sleeve from bunching up. Unless you use them open side up.
@@mubodude Me too. If you watch VSS video's you'll see him showing how to use double pocket resealabales to cover gatefold albums. More expensive and labor intensive, but it will save your covers. I also found a way, by cutting one non sticky flap, to cover gatefolds with attached booklets inside, leaving the booklet free to look at. Works for me. VSS is in the process of making extra wide outer sleeves, with and without pockets, for large double albums or smaller box sets. I used Sleeve City for a long time, but their resealables are only 3 mil while VSS's are 4 mil. I begged the guy at Sleeve City to make 4 mils but he felt there was little profit in it. I still buy my plain white record jackets from SC though.
This is supposed to limit ring damage on your precious covers.
IT IS SCIENTIFICLY IMPOSIBLE FOR YINYL TO SOUND BETTER THAN CDs
you tell em bubby
Great video! Looking forward to Part 2.
That TML pressing is now around 100 U.S. dollars. The power of TH-cam.
He's the man he knows where any and every record is in his collection. I love He's giving the scoop on pressing and engineers on what vinyl..amazing.
15:00 D D D
Great video. Love Michael!